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Riverina · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1931

3,443 stories in Riverina's papers · page 1 of 173

Wheat Advances Bill Commonwealth Bank Board to Meet Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 1 January 1931 · page 2

The Commonwealth Bank Board will meet in a few days to consider the position in relation to the wheat advance decided upon by the…

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Wheat Position Congestion at Silos Federal Government Blamed Storage in Railway Trucks? Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 1 January 1931 · page 2

Commenting to-day on the serious position of the wheat harvest as a result of the terminal elevators being almost full, the…

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Canadian Farmers Private Corporation to Be Formed French and Chinese Markets Regina

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 1 January 1931 · page 2

The difficulties of fanners in Canada will be met by the creation of a private corporation in which the banks, transportation companies, industrial…

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Farmer and Wife Shot Youth Sent for Trial on Charge of Murder Adelaide

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 1 January 1931 · page 2

Leslie Arthur Skilbeck, aged 17 years, was committed for trial to-day on a charge of murder following the inquest into the death of Walter Dall…

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Battered with Axe Woman and Baby Dead Farm Hand Hangs Himself PERTH

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 1 January 1931 · page 2

Details of a tragedy involving the deaths of three persons at the farm of Mr. M'Caskell, 12 miles from Bruce Rock, and four miles from Ardath,…

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Wheat Marketing Canadian Crops

Coolamon-Ganmain Farmers' Review · Friday 2 January 1931 · page 1

Arrangements have been concluded which will [?] the orderly marking [?]…

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Wheat as Stock Feed Advantages of [?] FARMING

Coolamon-Ganmain Farmers' Review · Friday 2 January 1931 · page 1

Many arguments can be advanced in favour of stock in the [?] programme, and not the least is that they tend to greater [?] in…

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Liens on Produce. Wool and Growing Crops

Coolamon-Ganmain Farmers' Review · Friday 2 January 1931 · page 4

According to a comparative state[?] by the Registrar [?] on wool registered in 1939 numbered 4462. representing…

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Butter Factory Robbed. Thieves Miss £1600

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 2 January 1931 · page 2

One of two sales at the Murrambidgee Co-operative Dairy Company's office, Wagga, was blown open with gelignite early on…

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On the Land First Wheat Crop Where Australian Agriculture Had Its Beginning

Daily Advertiser · Friday 2 January 1931 · page 3

To most visitors the Sydney Botanic Botanic Gardens represent something essentially ornamental—a leafy retreat from the bustle of the city, a perfect…

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To Load Wheat. Many Vessels Due

Coolamon-Ganmain Farmers' Review · Friday 2 January 1931 · page 2

With most of the best wool away the [?] now active preparing [?] lead [?] for abroad, a number of ships being due in Sydney in the next…

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Wheat Storage. Congestion at Solos. Need for Shipping

Coolamon-Ganmain Farmers' Review · Friday 2 January 1931 · page 2

A most serious position in fast developing in regard to the storage of wheat. Trade in grain has practically ceased in New South Wales, and very…

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Wheat Advances Bill. Speech by Mr. W. W. KILLEN

Coolamon-Ganmain Farmers' Review · Friday 2 January 1931 · page 3

Speaking in the Federal House on the above Bill on December 16th Mr. W. W. Killen, M.H.R. for Riverina, said:…

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Disposal of Wheat. Federal Government’s Guarantee. Position Explained

Coolamon-Ganmain Farmers' Review · Friday 2 January 1931 · page 2

In order to make the position as clear as possible the Acting Minister for Markets (Mr. Forde) issued the following statement yesterday…

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Disposal of Wheat Federal Government's Guarantee Position Explained Ministerial Statement CANBERRA

Daily Advertiser · Friday 2 January 1931 · page 2

In order to make the position as clear as possible the Acting Minister for Markets (Mr. Forde) issued the following statement to-day regarding the Wheat Advances Act passed by the Federal Parliament. The Act is designed to give…

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Fatal Accident at Mimosa. Wheat Stack Collapses. Falls on Father & Two Sons. One Boy Killed: Father’s Arm Crushed

Coolamon-Ganmain Farmers' Review · Friday 2 January 1931 · page 1

A terrible latality occurred at Mimosa at an early hour on Saturday morning, 20th December, when a youth named Henry George Drover, 16 years…

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Farm Tragedy Sequel Widower Kills Himself Hears of Police Inquiries Perth

Daily Advertiser · Friday 2 January 1931 · page 2

There was a sensational sequel to the Ardath tragedy yesterday afternoon, when Victor M'Caskell, on learning that the burial of his wife,…

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Dairying Increased Production

Daily Advertiser · Friday 2 January 1931 · page 3

As a means of increasing the margin of profit, greater production per acre should be the arm of every dairy former. The following recommendations…

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A Farmer’s Point of View

Coolamon-Ganmain Farmers' Review · Friday 2 January 1931 · page 2

Look, than, into thins heart, and writer. Here’s to 1931! May this bog-spavined, hide-bound, ewe-necked [?] called financial stringency, [?]…

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Farmers’ Plight. in West Australia Threat of Disorder

Coolamon-Ganmain Farmers' Review · Friday 2 January 1931 · page 2

The West Australian State executive of the Wheatgrovers’ Union has issued a challenge that most farmers were at a high [?] tension, and…

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